Serie A league leaders AC Milan will travel to Palermo on Saturday without top-scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The Swedish striker was sent off in Milan's 1-1 home draw with bottom club Bari last week and was slapped with a three-game ban for hitting Marco Rossi off the ball in the disappointing draw.

The ban comes at a crucial time of the season with just nine matches left and will sideline Ibrahimovic for the Milan derby against his former club Inter on April 2, a match which could decide which way the title goes.